I installed the Marlin seat and socket like everyone says to on here and man what a difference. First of all the org. bushing was pulverized into tiny pieces. I picked out what was there and I figure the rest ended in the trannmission over time. All of the gears are possitive and engauge nicely. I had a 4th to 3rd hesitation before at lets say 45-50mph, but now it is much better. The 4 to 3 isn't completely fixed but much better, may have some shifter fork wear. Had I put in new seats and bushings years ago the 4 to 3 may have been avoided. This is deffinatly one of the first steps to see where your transmission is at, hard shifting and all that.

It is simple to do and could take as little as 1/2 hour. Took me longer cause I had to clean everything, like the underside of the shift boot, don't know why I do things like that. I wish I did this mod. years ago. Don't ask on this one just install it. It was $24.oo to the fornt door, cheap and simple..

 

good job for the money its one of the best mods you can do!

 

I got the same parts at the dealer Saturday for $10.80.

 

Umm, last I checked those weren't the same as these:



Has the dealer started carrying a real bushing or is it still the mushy rubber one?

I am also a big fan of these.. It's the first thing I order for any Toyota truck.

 

The shifter bushing is a shifter bushing...not one iota of difference in the two.

The shifter seat does not need to be that hard PE material...as the OEM one will last 100K or better with daily use.

 

The marlin one looks to be stuffer plastic than the OEM one...

 

I like the Marlin seems a little more stout maybe not as "flexy". I guess the main thing is to just look and replace it with either cause anything is got to be better than pulverized tiny pieces of what ever.

 

seat and socket?

marlin's site is down so that picture isnt showing up

Is this the white plastic ring that fits into the shifter mount?

And whats this socket? pic?

 

ah the pic came up

shifter bushing and shifter seat

I replaced the shifter "seat" with a marlin made last week but i didnt replace the shifter "bushing" it looked fine.... my old seat was worn and cracked but overall i didnt notice much difference "shifting" .. the stick feels fine to me ... it shifts better now with new synthetic replacing the 21yr old stuff that was in there.

 

my old socket looked fine too.. shifted soo much better although its starting to loosen up a little still is 100x better.

I should probibly change the oil in my tranny soon, stuff is probibly original..

 

these are great. i had the OEM units in my supra, and i drive that like a madman. on a good year, i'll destroy a set of stock pieces.

i upgraded to the marlin units, and i have yet to kill one. well worth the money. i'll be getting some for my truck when i get the chance.

-shaeff

 

I call your bluff. The shifter seat in my '88 Runner was pulverized with only 80k. The original probably didn't even last 60k. Heat and time obviously took a toll on the original seat.